Hat stand



Feb. 1, 1938. QMFACKLER 2,107,178

HAT STAND F'i'led Oct. 15, 1936 7 C577: MAY/30a 5e,

. INVENTOR.

I ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. l, 1938 2,107,178

UNITED HAT STAND Ceta May Fackler, San Diego, Calif., assignor ofone-half to William 0. Weiskotten, San Diego, Calif.

Application October 15, 1936, Serial No. 105,699 4 Claims. (Cl. 211-33)This invention relates to a stand adapted to device is constructed asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and support hats and other articles, more particu-3, it consists of two cooperating plate members larly small articles ofwearing apparel, such as 9 and H], the plate member 9 having at themidgloves. length of its bottom edge a recess ll desirably 5 Among theobjects of the invention are to proof an arcuate character. Said recessdivides the 5 vide a pair of simplified interlocking members of lowerportion of the plate into the foot portions a fla character which m y benv n n ly :2. At its upper end plate 9 is furnished with two ipp storedin a p a sem upward extensions E3 which are separated by a form andwhich may be quickly assembled to recess M located at the mid-width ofthe plate.

L0 f0 m a t d of t character a d W t the At the base of this recess H! avertical slot I is 10 use 015 y fastening members; to Provide a hat outdown along the median line of the plate about stand Which y bemanufactured at a lower half the distance from the base of the recess l40 Without impairing its usefulness and dureto the top of the lowerrecess N, that is to say, b y; to p e a stand that Will support it alongabout half the length of the imperforate hat in a safer manner thanother equally simple d t portjgn of th plate, 15 p ta d ev of s type; ato provide The width of slot l5 should be substantially a p Constructingstands for the uses the same as the thickness of the plate I, in orderstated that w l make it possible to use either that, when the two platesare interlocked with W re o f plates in the manufacture of e each otherin the assembled position as shown 0 knockdown typ f s a in Fig. 1,there will be a close fit at their junc- 29 Among further objects of theinventionis to t p v hat stand w y the s pe of the The plate member isshown in Fig. 3 is shaped C O portion of the hat y be preserved in a thesame as the one shown in Fig. 2 except that more efiicient manner. saidplate Ill is furnished with a slot I! which Yet a further object of theinvention is in the extends upwarmy along its mid width from theprovision of apair of interlocking members which 1 of the arcuate recess3 provided t p assembly possesses the superior advantage center of thebottom portion of said plate ID.

of tending to remain integralized because of the This recess 1 is of them width as the 1 1;

incorporation f a clinching means comprising E5 in order that it, inturn, may closely fit over tapered slot portions having it Wedgingeontact the thickness of the plate 9. Like the plate 9, 30

QFFICE with each Otheh the plate it is furnished withioot portions ofOther Obj advantages and features of the same shape and therefore theseare lettered vention will hereinafter appear. the same in 3 1 Fig, z

Referring to the ac o p drawing which In assembling the device, the twoplate mem- 33 illustrates What are at present deemed to be bers areinterlocked as in Fig. 1 this being done 5 ferred embod s of theinvention, by telescoping the slotted portion of one plate Fig. 1 is apersp View Of the device in over the slot portion of the other plate insuch its assembled condition designed for use as a hat a manner that theS101; 5 W111 fit Over the imnerstand, the outline of a hat supportedthereon befomte mid width portion f plate n while the 4!) ins indicatedby dotted lines slot I! will fit over the mid-width portion of the Fi ssa s elevation of one of the two plate plate 9. The assembled device willthus provide members of which the device sh wn in l is the four footportions l2 which are disposed at constructed. right angles to eachother and the four upward Fig. 3 is a s d elevetlon 0f the other plateextensions it which are also disposed at right member. angles to eachother. The slots 15 and I1 have 4.5

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of t F fiat parallel sides in orderthat when the two cooperating members or" which the modification platemembers are interlocked in t manner shown in F 4 t0 6 is fOfmedstated avery close fit will be provided and one is 5 is a side elevation of theother eccperetwhich will prevent capacity for fiexion or racking ih e bused in the modification the device. That is to say, it will be of astable to Fi 6 is a transverse section on line of character and eachplate in the assembled con- Fig. 5. dition will maintain itselfsubstantially in a right Fig. '7 is a transverse section on line 1-! ofangle relation to the other plate. Fig. 4. In the form of the inventionshown in Figs. 4

Referring in detail to the drawing, when the to '7, in place of theplate members which have 5 been described wire frames 20 and 2| areused. Each of these frames consisting of a wire bent in such a manner asto produce a figure the outline of which is the same as that of theplates already described, The result is that the device produced isfurnished with foot portions and upward ex tensions which for the sakeof convenience are lettered the same as those in the form firstdescribed except for the addition of the letter a. At the mid-width ofthe device, however, the frame 20 is furnished with a slot 25 whichextends from the bottom of the recess Ma nearly to the top of the bottomrecess Ila.

The four upward extensions l3 with which the assembled stand is equippedeach furnish a support upon which a felt or brimless hat may besustained at the same time, while one or more pairs of gloves may besupported in a crisscrossed position at the center of the device.

Referring to specific details of the bent wire construction, as shown inFigs. 6 and 7, the abutting faces of the wire at each side of the slotsare flattened to aid in maintaining a right angular formation of theassembled wire members 20 and 2|.

The slot 26 of the wire member 20 is wider than the slot 21 of the otherwire member. The slot 26 is made the widest in order that the wire bend28, which is not flattened, may have suflicient room to enter said slot.The body portion of slot 21 is narrower because the slotted portion ofthe other member over which it straddles is narrowed as shown in Fig. 6.The lower portion of slot 21 is widened at 29 to accommodate the bottomwire at 30. It will be observed that in the wire form'of the device theslotted portions come opposite to each other throughout their entirelengths.

Each foot portion I2 has a straight, horizontal bottom edge to restsquarely upon any fiat horizontal surface upon which the device may beplaced. Each arcuate recess II is shown of a greater width than the footportion at each side thereof in order to provide foot portions that arenot too wide and cumbersome. At the outer edge of each plate the same iscut away in such a manner as to furnish a shoulder s which is positionedto form a rest for the lower portion of a hat hung solely upon saidplate.

The slot 29 by means of a taper fades into the narrower slot 21.Similarly the inner portions of the slots I5 and I! may be provided withmatchable tapers to provide a superior clinching means whereby the twomembers may be held more positively against relative movement.

The four rounded upwardly directed extensions l3 of the assembled standcooperate to maintain,

in a smoothly extended condition, the crown portion of a soft hatresting upon them.

Although I have described my invention in detail and therefore utilizedcertain specific terms located at the bottom of the assembled stand,

each of said forms being furnished along its mid-width with a slot openat one end, one of said slots being directed upwardly and fitting overthe intact mid-width portion of the one form, and the other of saidslots being directed downwardly and fitting over the intact midwidthportion of the other form.

2. A stand consisting of two interlocked mem-' bers each constructed ofa single strand of wire,

each of said members having at each end a recess at its mid-width, oneof said recesses -ofeach member being located at the top of theassembled stand and the other said recess being located at the bottom ofthe assembled stand, each of said members being furnished along itsmid-width with a slot open at one end,'one of said slots being directedupwardly and fitting over the intact mid-width portion of one member,and the other of said slots being directed downwardly and fitting overthe intact midwidth portion of the other member.

3. A hat stand consisting of two assembled wire frames eachv havingsubstantially the same contour and each having an end recess at itsmid-width to form feet for the assembled stand, the width of said recessbeing greater than the width of either of said feet, each of said frameshaving a slot at substantially its mid-width, one of which is thereverse of the other; to adapt one frame for having its mid-widthportion fitted over that of the other frame and whereby said frames aremaintained in an assembled right angle relation to the other.

4. The subject matter of claim 3 and, each of said frames in theassembled stand having a central top recess and an external shoulder,said shoulder being positioned to form a rest for the lower portion of ahat hung upon said frame.

CETA MAY FACKLER.

